and we have learned that her brother is expected to go to mexico at some point today. reporting live in lake wood. >> okay. thank you. >>> it is 6:46, trading now underway for a new week on wall street after mixed results last week. >>> in for jason brooks this morning, here is ashley morrison of cbsmoneywatch.com. >> good morning. stock ins asia edged higher this morning, hong kong sing sang gained a quarter percent. news from italy rattled markets. mario monte announced his decision to resign at the end of the year and let's head to wall street where we are seeing the markets being a little bit, turned the positive territory, not too much down or too high but we're up 15 on the dow, nasdaq up by 4 points. president obama and john boehner met to try to prevent the fiscal cliff, due to kick in on january 1st. the main sticking points remain raising taxings on the wealthy and cuts to entitlement programs like medicare. they are accepting that wealthy americans will get a tax hike. they have asked congress to work through the hold daybreak. >>> the federal reserve is exp